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HIGHER EDUCATION ACT 2004 - SECT 27

27 .         Vicarious liability for corporations

        (1)         If a body corporate is convicted of an offence against this Act, each director and each other person concerned in the management of the body corporate is guilty of a like offence if the act that constituted the offence took place with his or her authority, permission or consent.

        (2)         If an agent or employee of an education institution is convicted of an offence against this Act, the institution is guilty of a like offence unless the institution proves that —

            (a)         the offence was committed without its knowledge; and

            (b)         it exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.



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